Dinah moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster-brothers Lloyd and harvey. It's not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things - even Dinah finds herself acting oddly. She's sure
the headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more. But the Demon Headmaster is equally determined to stop her.
* Gillian Cross has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize, and is a highly-acclaimed author. Sales of her books exceed one million copies.
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About the Author:
Other publications include: The Demon Headmaster series, The Dark Ground, Calling a Dead Man, On the Edge and The Great Elephant Chase.
Gillian Cross is the winner of the Carnegie Meda, the Whibread Children's Novel Award and the Smarties Prize.
Review:
`a rattling good yarn'
TLS
`It's exciting stuff that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end'
Primary Times
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- PublisherOxford Univ Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0192753746
- ISBN 13 9780192753748
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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